Tuesdays at 5:35 pm during The Wrap (repeats Wednesdays at 1:40 pm) A look at the week in arts and culture with Jane Seckel, Aoife Rosenmeyer, Cristina Foglia and Pascale Hartmann: Arts CH podcast feed Tuesdays at 5:35 pm during The Wrap (repeats Wednesdays at 1:40 pm) A look at the week in arts and culture with Jane Seckel, Aoife Rosenmeyer, Cristina Foglia and Pascale Hartmann: Arts CH podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:45:13 UT Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:27:48 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no Michele Laird takes us to Basel where the uplifting exhibition of French Impressionist Pierre Bonnard is now on display at Fondation Beyeler through May 13: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-pierre-bonnard-works-now-in-basel.shtml?28823 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18823 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/exhibitions/pierre-bonnard/introduction For the first time, the Swiss National Museum is giving us a peak inside press images from two Swiss photo agencies dating back to 1940—billed as a fascinating selection of significant events, unforgettable moments, celebrity snaps and portraits of everyday people. Aoife Rosenmeyer has details: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:40:26 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-press-photography-flashes-back-through-dec.shtml?28712 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18712 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.cestlavie.landesmuseum.ch/english.html Arts contributor Richard Cole reviews a couple of performances by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) as part of their usual run-up before going on tour. The OSR will be touring Russia for the first time and previewing their work in concerts at Geneva’s Victoria Hall later this week: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:50:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-orchestre-de-la-suisse-romande-previews-th.shtml?28598 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18598 News/Video Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.osr.ch/Default.asp Arts contributor Cristina Foglia takes us to the Lake of Lugano, in the charming village of Vico Morcote, where a new cultural institute, born from an old residence for American architecture students, is opening its spaces to local and international artists. Foglia talks to Ludovica Molo, program director of the i2A center: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-ticino-institute-i2a-opens-its-doors-to-yo.shtml?28481 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18481 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.i2a.ch/ The Museum of Art and History in Geneva brings together over 1,000 objects from its collection of watches, clocks, enamelware, miniatures and jewellery dating as far back as the 16th century. Arts contributor Jane Seckel describes all the golden treasures, both little and large, found there, including her favorite pieces, the winding keys:  more WRS coverage on swiss watches Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:50:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-dazzling-watchmaking-craftmanship-in-genev.shtml?28354 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18354 swiss watches Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mCd6SGzBvgE http://www.ville-ge.ch/mah/?langue=eng Arts contributor Aoife Rosenmeyer visits the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne to discover what counterculture is through their latest photo exhibition. She talks to curator Daniel Girardin, who explains the origins of this movement, and how it helped photographers take a critical stance in art: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-a-photographic-history-of-counterculture-a.shtml?28180 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18180 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.elysee.ch/en/homepage/ After the film festival in Lugano, big name pop-rock concerts in the Piazza Grande and JazzAscona, Ticino may seem a quieter place during winter. However, music is still flowing and small clubs keep the cultural scene alive. Arts contributor Cristina Foglia takes you through the jazz season at La Fabbrica, Losone: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-small-ticino-clubs-keep-jazz-flowing-throu.shtml?28072 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-18072 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.jazzcatclub.ch/ http://www.jazzascona.ch/ Jane Seckel visits two rather glittering, spectacular and fragile exhibits at the Ariana Museum, which specializes in ceramics and glassware, in Geneva. One exhibit shows off the fine artistry of a private Venetian glass collection, while the other moves the imagination with wild sculptures by the Swiss / American glass-making duo Monica Guggisberg (Berne) and Philip Baldwin (New York): Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:00:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-glittering-glass-sculptures-at-ariana-muse.shtml?27956 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17956 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.ville-ge.ch/ariana/ Lausanne is hosting an unusual festival this weekend across 20 different venues. Arts correspondent Michelle Laird spoke to Les Urbaines director Patrick de Rham about the festival, now in its 15th year: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:47:29 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-les-urbaines-festival-in-lausanne.shtml?27847 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17847 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap Guides/Events Calendar http://www.urbaines.ch/ Richard Cole brings us reviews of two very different operas—Bellini’s Norma in Lausanne and Mozart’s Abduction from the Seraglio in Geneva—both of which worked well: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-a-tale-of-two-very-different-operas.shtml?27698 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17698 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.opera-lausanne.ch/spectales/saison-2011-2012/detail-spectacles/norma.html http://www.geneveopera.com/production_4 WRS’s Alex Helmick talks to Aoife Rosenmeyer about the Berlinde de Bruyckere exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bern. The show is called The Mystery of The Body, which also includes works by Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach and Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:35:08 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-seduction-confession-and-transformation-vi.shtml?27572 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17572 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.kunstmuseumbern.ch/index.cfm?nav=1245,1397&DID=9&SID=2&aID=350 Contributor Michèle Laird talks to WRS’s Alex Helmick about secondary art dealers, the Nahmad family, who are showcasing a collection of works ranging from Impressionism to Surrealism and beyond in Zurich. Laird wonders why one of Switzerland’s premier museums has invited the family to showcase its stock in a blockbuster exhibition. She concludes that Miró, Monet, Matisse—The Nahmad Collection at Kunsthaus Zurich highlights art history, but it also makes history by giving finance an acceptable place in museums. The show is on now until January 15: Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:00:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-art-collectors-acting-like-investors.shtml?27455 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17455 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.kunsthaus.ch/en/exhibitions/?redirect_url=title%3DCont Richard Cole invites Shauna Beesley to take us inside her work Le Procès de Michel Servet which opened in Geneva over the weekend: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-genevas-own-little-opera-world-premiere.shtml?27324 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17324 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap Guides/Events Calendar http://genevox.weebly.com/le-procegraves-de-michel-servet.html Cristina Foglia takes us to the Museo delle Culture in Lugano to check out the permanent and current exhibitions with co-curators Paolo Maiullari and Gunther Giovannoni: more WRS coverage on ticino Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:45:01 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-a-different-world-inside-luganos-museum-of.shtml?27195 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17195 ticino Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap http://www.lugano.ch/museoculture/ Aoife Rosenmeyer brings us a review of the exhibition Surrealism in Paris showing at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel. This significant exhibition documenting the formative decades of surrealism in Paris from the mid 1920s is in town through January 29: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:45:02 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/arts_CH/arts-ch-surrealism-in-paris-now-in-basel.shtml?27060 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17060 Programmes/Arts CH Daily Shows/The Wrap Guides/Events Calendar http://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/Home